Towards the 90th anniversary of Victor Petrovich Panfilov

The article presents some biographical data and brief description of research activity of Professor, Doctor of Biological Sciences Victor Petrovich Panfilov, an organizer and the first head of the laboratory of soil physics of the Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, who significantly contributed into fundamental and applied studies of soil physical and meliorative properties and regimes in Siberia.